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MAILS. Duz—t Dublin, 1 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE,O'CLOCK, Consols ---- - - - - - - - - THE SUN. 410LIAT QUIZ pietas • ITALSUSA AUDILAT L 0 ND 0., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1809. The following letter.was received from Liver- . pool this morning, dated the 14th inst. " The Mercury, Capt. SINCLAIR, from Martinique and St. Thomas's arrived here this day ; sailed from St. Thomas's the 31st of July, with.the:fictet consist ing of 41 sail, under convoy of the Cagifin . nun of •,y 3F, and a, brig of war, On the 27th of, August, at half past one A. M. come op a violent storm, or ra ther hurricane,' which. continued one hour and a half. The Merczry, during part of the time, was on her beam ends, and was obliged to throw some of ' her guns over board to right her. " At 6 A. M. saw five sail, four of which were dismasted. At: noon, saw seyeral trunks, water- casks, spars, and masts floating about. On the 28th, at 6 spoke the ship Hero, one of the fleet, bound to London, main and mizen mast gone. Joined the Commodore, who had a sloop of war in company, which proved to be his Majesty's ship Favourite, .convoying the homeward-bound Jamaica' fleet; she had carried away het fore and main-top masts. "At to, spoke the ship Ilfartha, BRUCE, with only her mizen-mast standing. At noon, spoke the • ship Harriet, from Jamaica to London, with only her main-mast standing. On the 29th, counted 44 sail of both fleets,' only eighteen of which were in want of lower-mast and top-masts. The Commo dore paid every attention in colle&ing .:the ships, and supplying them with spars and people from the Captain man of war, in order to rig them with jury . masts. Nothing can be said too favourable of the Commodore. On the 30th, at noon; went on board the Cap tain,-to get permission to leave the conydy ; she had the Henry, JACKSON, froth Martinique to London, in tow, she'being in a sinking state, having lost-her main and mizeri masts. People from the Captain were on board repairing the damage: Got liberty to leave—then only four sail in sight of both fleets. ‘‘ When lea . ving the . fleet, spoke the following vessels :—.Askew, litoyti, with loss of main-top. masts; 4melia, CRAIG, with the loss of main-top mast, and three feet 'water in her hold ; 'the Jane, M‘GREG6R, all well; and the Rosetta, JONES." We last night received German Papers to the 6th They give us no information with respeet to the progress of the Negotiation between France and Austria. The brave Tyroliens had succeeded in de feating the Duke of Daritzic (LEFEBVRE), whose corps sustained 'considerable loss, and they not only continued to mair,tain their ground, but to inspire their enernie; in the surrounding neightiourhood with the greatest terror and alarm. We have given in another part of our Pa er several interesting articles of intelligence, recording the achievements of this brave and loyal people. Since writing the above we have received Ham btirgh Papers to the 7th inst. Paris to the 28th ult. .13:!rlin to the Soth ult. Frankfort, Prague and Man hcitu to the Ist inst. from which we have made the following extraas:— VIENNA, AUG. 18.—M. DE replaces M. Dg \VRERA in the Austrian Ministry, and di'elatter replaces Count STADIAN. The greater part of the Austrian army proCeeds to Hungary. (Manheirp. Gazette.) . . PR AGUE, Auc. 10.—The Archduke FERDINAND, after having been forced to evacuate Gallicia,-has en it-',.ed Bohemia with about 12,000 men. FRANKFORT, AUG. 28.—1 t is reported that the • Peace ~ vai signed on the 24th. COMORN, AUG. 16.—The Emperor FRANCIS has ai4iinted Count METTERNICH Firs!' Minister of State. He has, also appointed Field-Marshals HILLER and . _ SI:E.:OCHER Marshals. KIENMAYER and HOHEN , . have ken named Generals of Cavalry. L:) FT WARsAw, MUG. 23.—1 n Lemberg and the other :owns in Gallicia in which the Russians are, the oath of fidelity w NAPOLEON has not taken place. PARIS, AUG. 30.—.-The folloi.ving.is a more parti cular list of the Ministers of State which have been created Dukes: The Nlinisrer Secretary of State, Duke of Bassano. The Vinister of Foreign Affairs, Duke of Cadore: The Minister of General Police, Duke of Otranto. Tile Minister ot Finance, Duke of Gaeta. The Nlinista of War, Duke ,of Velereri. The Minister ot estice, Duke of. Massa arid Carrara. The .Voniteur of yesterday contains the follow- ing Official accounts received by his Excellency the Minister of War, confirms all the previous informa tion respeaing the loss sustained by the English on the 27th and 28th °Only, and of their retreat. AMSTERDA:',I, SEPT. 1.-It ;3 reported here that the Etnpero' NAPoilioN' is coming t , o the Army - bf the Nor:ll.—(llr.unburgh Corr2spond) FLORKNCE, Aug, 16.-,-We expe%t the POPE here en his rv.oro from Genoa to Reale. - • '• inst. Lord CnATHA landed at peal yesterday. morn ing. R. KEATS also arrived in the Superb, of 74 guns, with six sail of the line, bringing with them about 5000 troops. When the squadron left the Scheldt, the French troops in the neighbour hood were fast increasing, and the flotilla of gun boats, brigs, &c. amounting to pear XOO sail, were coming down the river. The Public will read with much pleasure the re- . snit of the proceedings of the Common Council yes terday, for the purpose of testifying their respe6.l and affeEtiOn for His MAJESTY, on entering the 50th year of his Reign. A general spirit of loyalty was mani fested by the Members in general. Mr. WAITH MAN, however, whom nothing will satisfy, indnlgd himself, as usual, in a long tedious harangue, which consisted chiefly of personalities and though he professed great loyalty and respea for His MAJESTY, yet he resolutely denied that His MAJESTY had any merit in those aaions which have chiefly evinced:his • attachment for the Constitution, and regard for the rights of the people. Mr. WAJTHMAN, imputed no thing but feelings of an interested nature to all who differed in opinion with him, and copiously inter larded his speech with allusions to turtle, and venison, In fait, he proved himself throughout, by his topics, his language, and his manners, a mere pat-house. politician. The good sense and zealous loyalty of the Court in general,. however, rendered this hack neyed and vulgar oration of ,no effea ; and the Motion for celebrating the, Fjftieth Anniversary of His MAJESTY'S Accession to the Throne, which be has adorned with every virtue, was carried unani mously. It is confidently reported that the British Army is not at present to' be withdrawu from Post- TUGAL, but that, on the other hand, considerable reinforcements are to be sent to Lord WELLINGTON. We are convinced of the propriety of this measure,. and we are confirmed in our opinion by the. lote arii, vats from the Continent, which at least prove that the work of BUONAPARTE is not Bs yet completed in Germany. At no time in our,history, has this Country been possessed of so large a regular and disposable force as at the preser4 Moment. Not fewer than 80,000 infantry have been-of late employed upon active ser vices in Europe,. without weakening our defences in distant parts but, on the other hand, an unusually large force having been upon service in America and the West Indies. There does not appear any great objea to which this very large force can now be directed with •tf fe6t ; if ; therefore, we retain it at all, (and we be lieve,that none of our Statesmen advise its reduc tion,) we must either keep the whole in this coun try, or otherwise employ it in 'situations from whence* can more'easily be applied to any object which contingencies may produce. Putting, therefore, for the moment, out of the con sideration, the peculiar sil nations of Spain and Porto . gal, it would appear to us as in itself a lvisable that a porion of our force should be disposed of in any,part of _Europe or the Mt.diterranean that might be open to us, provided only, that such force could be sub sisted, and that, in case of need, it • could be with out difficulty recalled. Whatever may, be said by systematic politicians, who pretend to foresee every thing, much of our success must depend ul on events, of which perhaps not the smallest, probability may be perceived two months before they happen In this general point of view, therefore, and under the circumstance already mentioned; of no great ob jed of attack at present existing, we conceive that the retention of •British troops in the- Mediterranean audio Portugal, may be shewn to be a prudent and politic measure. But it is by no means necessary to have recourse to these genetial argumentsi in order to persuade ourselves of the expediency of the measures now supposed to be decided upon, in relation to the Army now in Portugal. That Army is, as we ,have already - stated, perfeelly,.4, secure against the enemy, as long as the uncertain state - - of affairs in Germany shall confine his strength with in its present limits. The Vicinity of the Coast too, makes our force independent of the resources of the Country, for the .necessary supplies. Now, with out being at all sangUine; either as to the protra6led . detention of the French armies in Germany; or as to the success of any further struggles on the part of the Spaniards,we do conceive that • as long as there re-, mains the least hope upon the former point, or as long as the armies and population of Spain are enabled to operate in the smallest possible degree against the vaders, the presence of a British force is extremely de sirable in Portugal: If Spain weresuljugated, Portu gal could not be defended, (such, at least, we under stand to be the opinion of competent judges,) but SPAIN is not subjugated,' and we apprehend that an army of twenty-five or thirty thousand British is competent to the defence of Portugal new ; or at least of its principal points. Even, therefore, if we considered the affairs of Spain as so perfe6tly hopeless, as to render the neigh bourhood of our troops of no advantage whatever, we should think the Country called upon to make an exertion for the sake of PORTUGAL herself. But surely it can scarcely be contended, that i . while.the continuance of the good understanding be tween Russia and France. remains , doubtful—while . the renewal of the war with Austria is still, at least, possit/e, and while the Tyroleans and (if we areto be lieve reports), the Luxemburghers and others, are in 'a state of brave resistance—while, in short, there is any hope Whatevet of the French force in Spain be lt% continually reduced, or not increased, there:is • not still such an opening . i - Jr an advantageous em plOymer.t' of nur troops ttie-Peninsula, 'as to justify us for not at 'l'lllS pot - Tient recalling a single than: ' . NAVAL NEWS PORTSVOUTIT, SgPi. 15.--4rriyed this day the Nary, SALMON, from Quebec: ' Came in his Majesty's ship Statira, of 38 . guns; Fling schooner, of 14 guns ; and the Chanticleer, of 10 guns, from the eastward. Also the Africa, from, Guernsey ; Frederic, TAYLOR ; and Nelson, DAyt- , sos, from Sunderland. The outward-bound Mediterranean convoy,, is ex• pthed to sail in .the morning, DEA;, SEPT. 15.--Lori cIi.A.TFIAM landed here from Walc4ren this morning from on board the Venerable, of 74 guns, Capt. Sir HomA POPHA*. The good sense of the people was manifestly dis:. played (under their heartfelt sensations at the unfor tunate result of the Expedition) in their distinguished reception of his Lordship, by loud and reiterated cheers given him on landing. The surf at the time' was running violently on the beach, and every one seemed anxious to Assist his Lordship,' and prevent those little inconveniencies which occur to landsmen on landing at such time : his Lordship was met at the landing-place by Admiral CAMPBELL, and-many other distinguished chara6ters,'who attended r him to the Admiral's House, whence, after partaking of a most sumptuous entertainment, he sets out for Lon don. We are, however, extremely sorry to notice, the altered appearance of his Lordship's counte nance, supposed to be occasioned (as with the rest of the troops) by the pernicious quality of thellush ing water, of which all were Obliged to partake pro fusely, the other supplies being inadequate to the vast consumption. Admiral Sir RICHARD KEATS, in the Superb, of. 74 guns, with the Venerable, Powerful, Agincourt, Sceptre, Ganges, .Valiant, Monmouth, Aymphen, Kangaroo, Thalia, and several transports, arrived here last evening from the Scheldt, bringing with them about 5000 troops. When the squadron left the Scheldt, the French troops in the neighbourhood , seemed to be increasing in an amazing degree, and their flotilla of gun-boats, brigs, &c. to the amount of near 200 sail, were coming down the river again with an intention, it is supposed, of assuming an imposing appearance, and of reducing the .British to the necessity of evacuating Walcheren. Sailed the Coquette sloop of war, . with a large convoy of merchant ships, and many transports with troops, for Portsmouth. . . . , HARWICH, SEPT. 15.—Arrived this morning his Majesty's ship &cep/labs; San - 11 Florenzo, and Trompease ; also five sail of transports, with troops, from Flu3lnng ; and the Lark Packet, Capt. with a Mail and several passengers, from Heligoland. GREENOCK, SEPT. 13.-LArrived here yesterday, the St. Andrew, RITCHIE, froni Trinidad, a running . ship, in forty days.; was spoke by the convoy of an outward-bound Jamaica' . fleet, to the leeward of St. Vincent's. The Benson, SPENCER, for this port, sailed eleven days before the St. Andrew, but it is supposed joined the convoy at Tortola, which, it was reported at Trinidad, was to sail on the 6th August. The brig Mary, CRICHTON, of Glasgow, had • pro , ceeded to 'Curacoa. COWES, SEPT. 14.—Arrived here the Spanish brig S. Guillerman, Capt.'JOZE MEDINA, from the Ha vannah, laden with sugar and logwood, bound for London. I hive just learned that an English brig bound to Martinique got on shore oh the Shingles, but is said to be got off again with little damage, except with the loss of an anchor and cable. The brig is a Letter of Marque, and belonging to London, but her name I cannot learn. The Dutch in the Island of Java have lately been engaged in extensive hostilities with the Chiefs of the Interior. Previous to the departure of the ship Lord Minto from Pontiana, on the coast of .Bosco; advice, were received, stating that a strong detach ment of Dutch troops from Satnarang, which had been sent against the dominions of. the King of SooLoo (one of the Princes ofthe Island) had been cut off to a man. Since the arrival of Gen. DAEN DELi at. Batavia, considerable ,exertions bad • been Made to recruit the ,military force.of the Colony by levies of native troops. - The Chief of the Bally had just received a requisition from the Dutch Government for an aid of . 300 men, but he seemed very liitle disposed to obey-it. The report of a naval force having arrived at the Island of Java, is Without foundation. With the ex ception of the armed brig Mandarin (formerly an American), and two small •brigs attached to the Moluccas, 'not a single ship of war now bears the flagOf Holland in the Indian Seas. One of the brigs, named the Werver, Lieut. GEBHEET, was captured by the Lord Minto. The Courier, French National brig, during her cruize to the Eastward, had touched at 4iagenclanas, where she delivered to the Chief a present from the Government•of Mauritius, con sisting of six pieces of brass ordnance, 50 bar,--eli•of gunpowder, and 50 stand of every description of' stroll arniS ; and afterwards she ,- conveyed a similar Kesent to . the King of SooLoo. to May last the brig Harrington capt: CAMP BELL, lying in Farm Cove, NeW Holland, was seized by about 'thirty persons, probably convitis, 'who hav ing by surprise mastered the Officers and crew of the vessel; whom they afterwards sent away in two boats, put t 6 sea: The pirates.were unfurniShed with tintepiece, Anchor, or boat; and as armed vessels • , • were sent in - pursuit of tnem, great hopes were en tortaind that - they wotild be brought back. PAPER. AUGSMIRO, AUG. 21.—Within these few days great movements prevail among the French troops in Bavaria and Swabia, apparently dire&ed against • the Tyrol. In the bloody aaions.in the narrow 'defiles 'of the BreTier, the two Bavarian regiments 'of . Life Guards, and,two light battalions; have suf fere4auch, and the contingents.of the Duke of Salcotiy-in the same proportion. The insurgents Wlibleftised to deliver up their rifle guns, defended themselves like desperadoes. At this moment a great part of Tyrotresemblea La Vendee. Landeck has' be come a prey to the flames. UPPER BAVARIA, AUG: 21.—The mach which the Dtike of Dantzic (Marshal Lefebvre) und'ertook over the Brennersberg, with the combined army of French, Bavarians, and Saxons, was extremely dif ficult. With danntless courage the troops advanced on the 6th nd 7th of August, to within two - league& of Brixeri.; They climbed mountains which the Ty rolese themselves considered as impassable. But a narrow valley, the steep heights above, which were occupied by the insurgents, rendered any progress impossible. The ariuy being in great want of pro 7 visions, was obliged to return to Insprnck, where it arrived on the 1 ith of August. On the 13th, at sunrise, all the neighbouring mountains appeared. covered with insurgeths. A battle began, which - lasted from six in the morning till night. Not the courage of the Tyrolese, but the nature of the place, prevented the brave army of the • Duke of Dantic from giving them a complete defeat. As the army marched back through the lower Innthal, they found the towns and villages empty, the inhabitants hav ing fled with. their cattle to the mountains ;,but how will it fare with them next winter, when the inoun tains are covered with snow, they will then be obliged to remain in the vallies —(Corropendenten, • September 5.) BANKS OF THE El.pE, SEPT, I.—The tumours of peace arid war with 'Anstria keep wavering, and in consequence of the arrival of a Courier to the French Minister at Hamburgh, and several Elhafettes, it has been generally reported, that the day before yes tend y , the French Minister 'for Foreign Affairs, Cotint Champagny, returned from the conference at Altetiburgh, in Hungary, to Vienna, and that thee Emperor of Austria has Sent notice to the French , campp - that the armistice will be broken off in a fort night after notice. The Tyrolians have otjtained a signal victory over the confederate army under the command of the DUke of Dantzic ; besides a vast number of killed, 'they have cut off or taken Pri, Boners between 8 and gOOO. The brave Tyrol are preparing to invade Bavaria, on which ace the whole French and confederate military for conceeifeted near Munich. BAYREUTH, AUG. 22.—The corps forming b . Puke D'Abrantes is destined, should b os ti break out again, to prote& Saxony and Trani from an invasion from Bohemia, where the Irian General Kienmeyer is stationed with 25 men, behind the Egra. The Wurtemberg Ga ' contains a mandate, forbidding carriages 'to when the King pasaes on the same road. --(C° spondenten.) WARSAW, Aug. 21.—We expeet that the sian army of 25,000 men will leave Qallicia. LAKE OF CONSTANCE, AUG. 20.-----The toe" Bregentz, Heldkirch, inaci rtude'ntz; -- are elsat_ 4 but the inhabitants of Montafeen and Adlesberg,,stq ' t • havee - aaain raged the standard of insurrection. -01 -7 the Bt h p of August the Tyrolians re-entered l'uqcsen, • • having previously overwhelmed a small Witternberg detachment stationed at Vilt. AUG. 23.—Since the Duke pf Dantzic went with his corps towards Salzburg, the greater part of Abe Voralberg has unhappily suffered itself to be seduced to insurre4tion by the Tyroliana. The insurgent have already occupied Veldkirck. • H VIENNA, AUG. 18.—The Emperor Napoleon in tends making a short journey into that part Of Hun-: gary occupied by his, troops, in order to review the positions cat the corps stationed there. Accdicling to_ the latest accounts from Trieste, the English' fleet has left that coast with Out attempting: any thing. The Emperor Francis has tq-day purchased a V 8: riety of jewels, trinkets,&c. to the amount oca of florins, which ate, no doubt, intended for Pre sents, which alter the signing of peace will be dis 4 tributed among the retinue of. the E mpe ror Napo - Icon. It is understood from the Pub/iciste e , a t c h e ail m ' a b y e Emperor of Austria has consented to the ces sion"of a great province of his Monarchy, which lie h a s hither. rl io o - w re b fu e se so d : jn an t li .pe t c h t a e t d. the conclusion of p DEES.OE'N, AUG. 29.—His Excellency the D u ke of Abrantes left this city to-day for Bayreuth. The. negociations of Altenburg,haYe, it is now known, taken a favourable turn, and accounts of the signing T e 2 X 4 P 24.---According expected.--(Some c7:01* ( d 8 1 41 Z e to P a a ec Per ou ) ut of p p:a ß c i e s, a A re u s G o u on s s from Vienna, his Imperial Majesty on the-day of tht . fes" . tivzty of Napoleon, advanced to the dignity of Duk es ' the Minister of State, Secretary Maret, the Mill''' . . ter•o(Potice,:Fouche, the Minister of War, Clark e, Count a v nebur g , the Minister of Finance, Gandin, 'the • Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count de Char" - pagny, the Grand Judge Regnier, ,and the .Marshals, Ondinot and Macdonald. Three Marshals have been • raised to Princes ; General Andreossy has received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. rr.e":- parations are making at Strasburgh for the receplO, of his Majesty. AUG. 28.---The Gazette de France says, ``D e ; ErilPeror is expe&ed back in Paris next Monday (- Tuesday..." It was believed that the Marotti4 °e ROmana , - wAd i 'endeavour to combine his oper a tious with those Bf . " Wellesley and Cuesta ;. but.we hear that he has put himself in motion from Galicia . toWaids the Asturias, and,`according to' the last ctac counts, threatened St. Ander°. Parties belt: 4lo % to his right wing have advanced to the vicin it Y c ' , Logrons, and •Mtranda. At Gerona, of the sullen 'der of which no official account has been received, a corps of 200 women . has been formed, under the name of the . company St. Barbara : their office is to carry water to the,places on fire, aria to take care of the vKot.lnkdi tie. English army in Spain carries with it,ati n iticreilible.qtiantity of baggage. The offi7.. cers h tat ad ~myaluabl table' equipage, &c.Our hussarsraAil dragoons have taken. a prodigious quan titf of booty in the,pursuit. • Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, a C3bineA Cvuncil wag l4el;.1 at the Foreign (Mice, Dlians count rce , • )3 , tn. ilitie .; iconi, " Aus, • 5,00 Z): azette • drive' ivnsoi •